Progressive Democrats Succeed in Removing $1 Billion Iron Dome Funding From Bill

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58. The 43% number may be accurate but also misleading.

Projectile Impact Point Prediction radars have been around since the 70’s and 80’s. And they are excellent at detecting artillery (and rocket) bombardments, and predicting both the launch sites and impact sites.

Armies will use them for counter battery bombardment, but the IDF uses them both to destroy rocket launch sites, and to determine which projectiles pose a threat to civilian areas. Rockets that pose a threat are ranked, and then the iron dome defense batteries are instructed to intercept threatening rockets.

The unreliability and unguided nature of the Hamas rockets should color any analysis of interception rates of the iron dome weapon system. I’m a little surprised that the Hamas rockets were that effective in the first place, and the fact that 40%+ of them needed to be intercepted is something to take note of.